A man fled on foot early Wednesday morning after driving into a utility pole, causing the pole to fall on a nearby garage and the vehicle to catch fire — destroying both the SUV he was driving and the building.

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Mandrell Edward Davis, 23, of 105 Kit Court, Mebane, was located and arrested in the afternoon on misdemeanor charges of hit-and-run, injury to real property and driving while license revoked. His bond was doubled to $5,000 as he was already out on pretrial release for running from police during a traffic stop a week and a half ago, according to the Graham Police Department.

Capt. Steve McGilvray said damage to the building, owned by Midway Oil and Gas of Mebane, is estimated at $100,000. It wasn’t currently being used as a business and didn’t contain any flammable liquids.

The vehicle that Davis crashed, which “burned to nothing but a shell,” was later identified as a GMC Yukon, McGilvray said, and was about an $8,000 loss. It belonged to Davis’ brother, Emanuel Edward Davis Jr., a player for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League.

The Graham Fire Department was called to the fire at 5:05 a.m., though Chief John Andrews was unsure how long the garage and car had been burning before someone called 911.

Firefighters weren’t immediately able to extinguish it as they had to wait for the power to be turned off, Andrews said. Since the pole snapped about halfway up, energized wires continued to hang down.

“It sort of hampered us on our extinguishment of the fire,” Andrews said.

Burlington and Swepsonville fire departments also responded, and no emergency workers were injured.

McGilvray said an anonymous caller reached police at 9:55 a.m., providing information on the driver of the vehicle and his whereabouts.

Officers found Davis at his girlfriend’s apartment on Kernodle Drive with “a big ol’ egg on his forehead” and other cuts, McGilvray said. He was arrested at 1:10 p.m.

The arresting officer said he didn’t smell any alcohol on Davis at the time of his arrest.

“He denied he was driving the car, but the evidence shows otherwise,” McGilvray said.